Re: Updating to FreeBSD-current, can't mount -uw / : update: seemingly solved

From: Juraj Lutter <otis_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 06:10:22 UTC

> On 7 Jun 2021, at 02:15, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com> wrote:
> 
> I updated a FreeBSD-current to the newest FreeBSD-current/14, buildworld took 11:15 (hours:minutes), buildkernel was also successful, I even appeared to be successful with "dhclient re0".
> 
> UPDATING file says to boot single-user after buildkernel and installkernel, but then mount -u / or mount -uw / does not work as it did in previous times.
> 
> Results were
> 
> mount -uw / or mount -u / produces 
> fstab: /etc/fstab:2: Inappropriate file type or format
> fstab: /etc/fstab:2: Inappropriate file type or format

Bacause swap entry is in inapropriate format.

The line should read:

/dev/gpt/Sea1-18	none	swap	sw	0	0

otis

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Juraj Lutter
otis@FreeBSD.org